Clip for fountain-pens.



D. J. LA FRANCE.

CLIP FOR FOUNTAIN PENS.

APPLICATION FILED FEE.I5,1916.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

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DAVID J. LA FRANCE, 01E SOMER'VILLE, INIALQSACHUSETTS.

CLIP FOR FQUNTAIN-ZPENS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2%, third.

Application filed. February 15, 1916. Serial No. 78,511.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, DAVID J. LA FRANCE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in-Clips for Fountain-Pens, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters onthe drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to clips for fountain-pens and more particularlyto a clip which carries its own means of attachment to the cap.

The qualities desirable in a clip are that it shall be simple and notcumbersome in "form, that it shall be easy to attach, that itsattachment when made shall be secure, and that it shall be inexpensiveto manufacture.

The general object of the present invention is to produce a clip havingthese qualities.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspectiveshowing the clip of the invention holding a pen in the pocket of agarment. Fig. 2 shows in crosssection a cap in place on a fountain-pen,and illustrates more particularly the. manner in which the clip isattached, and Fig. 3 is a perspective of the clip before it has beenattached to the cap.

Referring first to Fig. 3 the clip comprises a resilient shank 1 ofusual form, the lower part of which is designed when the clip has beenattacaed to the cap to lie close to or in contact with the outside ofsaid cap as shown in Fig. 2. hbove this shank is a bent portion 3 andabove that an extension 5 adapted to lieagainst the inside of the cap.

'At its top the clip terminates in a softened end 7 which extends atright angles, to the extension 5. The cap to which this clip'is to beattached is provided with two holes 9 and 11 spaced from each other inthe direction of the length of the cap, the hole 9 being large enough topermit the bent portion 3 to pass loosely through it. The hole ii issmaller and may be slightly countersunk from the outside if desired sothat the end of the clip after its attachment willnot extend beyond orabove the surface of the cap. To attach the clip, the upper end ispassed through the larger hole 9 and the clip manipulated to cause thesoftened end 7 to protrude'through the smaller hole 11 with theextension 5 lying along the inside of the cap. The softened end is thenclenched as shown in Fig. 2.

The extreme simplicity of the clip is apparent from inspection; itsattachment is easy to make and very secure, and its expense ofmanufacture is small.

Having thus described my invention What T claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States is 1. A fountain-pen cap havingformed in the wall thereof two holes spaced from each other in thedirection of the length of the cap, and a resilient clip having a bentpor tion extending loosely through one hole and a soft end extendingthrough the other and clenched against the wall of said cap.

2. A fountain-pen cap having formed in the wall thereof an upper and alower hole, and a resilient clip of tempered metal having a portion bentin one direction, an upright extension, and a soft end bent in adirection opposite to that of the first-named bend protruding throughthe upper hole and clenched against the cap, the lower hole beingsulliciently large to permit the extension to be inserted through it soas to cause the softened end to protrude through the upper holepreparatory to being clenched.

3. As an article of manufacture a clip for a fountain-pen cap said clipbeing of tempered metal comprising a portion adapted to lie alongsidethe outer wall of the cap, a portion bent in one direction and adaptedto enter a hole in the cap, an upright extension adapted to liealongside the inner wall of the cap, and a softened end bent in adirection opposite to that of the firstnamed bend and adapted to extendout through a second hole in the cap and to be clenched in position.

In testimony whereof T have signed my name to this specification.

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